B.3.1.1 Installing a Prepared Distribution for PC Systems

If you have received a binary distribution prepared by the MS-DOS
maintainers, then gawk and the necessary support files appear
under the gnu directory, with executables in gnu/bin,
libraries in gnu/lib/awk, and manual pages under gnu/man.
This is designed for easy installation to a /gnu directory on your
drive—however, the files can be installed anywhere provided AWKPATH is
set properly. Regardless of the installation directory, the first line of
igawk.cmd and igawk.bat (in gnu/bin) may need to be
edited.

The binary distribution contains a separate file describing the
contents. In particular, it may include more than one version of the
gawk executable.

OS/2 (32 bit, EMX) binary distributions are prepared for the /usr
directory of your preferred drive. Set UNIXROOT to your installation
drive (e.g., ‘e:’) if you want to install gawk onto another drive
than the hardcoded default ‘c:’. Executables appear in /usr/bin,
libraries under /usr/share/awk, manual pages under /usr/man,
Texinfo documentation under /usr/info, and NLS files
under /usr/share/locale.
Note that the files can be installed anywhere provided AWKPATH is
set properly.

If you already have a file /usr/info/dir from another package
do not overwrite it! Instead enter the following commands at your prompt
(replace ‘x:’ by your installation drive):